The federal government has temporarily suspended all immigration to protect American jobs and help the US economy recover. Effect April 23, 2020, until May 3, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order that suspends immigration and Green Cards for 60 days; and is subject to an extension. The final proclamation does not include the original plan to also suspend all guest worker programs, and instead includes some visa loopholes to the 60-day immigration suspension, including:
• overseas spouses and young children of American citizens
• guest workers
• temporary visa applicants
• immigrant investors
• military members and their spouses and children
• Iraqis and Afghans who assist military operations
Guest worker visas are for foreign worker “nonimmigrants” with specific skills and knowledge needed by American businesses and industries. The guest worker visa program allows foreign workers to temporarily reside and work in the United States to perform specific work function for a defined period of time. Business groups such as the Information Technology Industry Council vehemently protested when they learned of the Trump administration’s original plan to block all guest worker visas. Guest worker visas include:
• Technology Workers
Skilled, educated foreign workers bring knowledge and expertise to American technology companies that cannot hire the needed skills
• Health Care Workers
Healthcare professionals are often in demand by hospitals and other health care industries; the COVID-19 crisis needs foreign health care workers, medical researchers and others to help manage and combat the health crisis.
• Farm Laborers
Farm laborer guest workers are critical to secure the American food supply. Often the work is harder and pay is lower than most Americans are willing to accept, and migrant workers provide vital labor for the food industry.
• Students
Over 590,000 temporary guest worker H1B, H2A, H2B, and H4 foreign workers were issued in 2018.
USCIS and the immigration lawyers at Godoy Law Office’s virtual office are open
and processing immigration applications during the coronavirus.
Contact Godoy Law Office today at 855-554-6369 to answer your questions about immigration, help you file an immigration application and guide you through every step of the immigration process.
Immigration Attorney Mario Godoy has years of experience guiding clients with immigration issues through the immigration process along with guiding clients through the criminal case. Godoy focuses on family-based immigration law, business immigration law, removal defense, and criminal defense representation of immigrants. A criminal charge or conviction can be devastating to your immigration case. With over a decade of immigration law experience and memories of family members who were deported due to bad legal advice, Godoy is committed to helping other immigrant families receive the legal justice they deserve. As a legal entrepreneur who practices immigration law, criminal law, estate and probate law, and running two successful law firms, Mario Godoy understands the importance of keeping families together and making a home and future in America.
